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In the commentary (not in the headings), CHIC
documents (numbers
preceded by #) in bold (e.g.,
#225) are
sealstones or impressions.

In the "normalizations" (phonetic readings) suggested below,
the
phonetic identifications of the Hiero signs are based on Notes on the Signs, a separate study
of the
individual signs, their resemblances to Linear A/B signs and the
patterns
of their use in Hiero. The phonetic values of signs in
black are
considered certain; those in red are
considered probable; and those in green
are considered possible. With green
values, sometimes only the consonant is
guessed
and the syllable is then
rendered as in the following Kv.

A
raised asterisk after the syllabogram indicates the reading is doubtful
(e.g., *),
similarly for the
underlined transnumeration and normalization
(e.g.,
042A).

Malia,
Quartier Mu

Since the inscription encircles the cone,
it could start with any sign and be read forwards or backwards.

Sign
042 is probably always an initial; see Notes to
Sign 042. Notes to Signgroups III.B & III.C suggest that 034-049 go together; since
049 RO3 and 040 RO2 have roughly the same
phonetic value, then
034-040 may also go together -- see 042-034-049 (#062) from
Knossos. See Inflection Sequence 5a2.

Signgroup 056-070 is a transaction term meaning "total"; see
Transaction Terms. Sign 061 is a common
terminal. Sign, 022, may function as a prefixed
adjunct (and therefore in the initial position) or appended logogram (to
be read after the transaction term).

For KU-RO prefixed
with a sign, there is two certain and one possible
parallel.

Commentsa: the signgroup may be intact or
consist of a signgroup plus logogram or of a string of logograms; see
Notes to Sign 041. Sign 020 occurs in 11
signgroups: in 7 of these the sign is either an initial or a terminal, and
in 4, possibly 5, it appears next to an animal-head sign. In all but one
of these cases the direction of reading is ambivalent, but X 009-077-013-020 (#003.g) is clear - perhaps the
reading here is therefore retrograde, with 020 a
terminal. The Linear A parallel to the signgroup's phonetic rendering
lends some support to an orthograde reading, however.

The signgroup is a hapax legomenon; sign 064 recurs only in ] [ ]029-064-¥[ incised on an amphora handle
(#330); sign 096 may recur but only as an
alternative reading on a Chamaizi jug (#322). Morphologically, sign 064 could resemble AB "DA" 01, and sign 096 looks like the predecessor to AB "QA" 16. The third sign on #087 could
be another 096 and if the signgroup were read retrograde, Linear A
QA-QA-DA/RU would make an attractive restoration.

a: Notes to Sign 041 suggest that sign *041 is a logogram ( *163).
The two signs 031 041 also
occur together on two sealstones: * >< 041-031-011
(#271.b) and X >< X 041-031-044
(#307.d). Although the correct order is difficult to determine,
Linear A is full of words ending in -RE and several ending in -RE-
(-JA, -MI, -NA, -RO, -TE, -TI, -TO, -TU, -WI, -ZA); I suggest that 041 is a logogram here.

a1: since 044-049 KO-RO3 is a transaction term (= Linear A
KU-RO, "balance," "total"), then , which does not
commonly end signgroups (see Notes to Sign 023), functions here probably
as the logogram *159bis. Compare * 056-023 (#039.a1) and 057-023 (#039.b2).

b1:
this is the only appearance of 084; it should be
the predecessor to B 145 LANA (and Linear A *361?), the sign for 3 double
minas of weight for wool, equivalent to 2.89 kg. See Notes to Sign 084
(Younger 2005).

a: cf. X  * X
-072-038-007-016 - it seems as if the first and last signs
were reversed; this might happen if all three signs in question ( 016, 072, and 051) were phonetically similar, as indeed they seem
to be (see Notes to the Signs). Cf.
051-051-051-041 (#089.b2; see notes), and * >< 051-092-092 (#318), both from Malia
Mu.

7000 is the largest number recorded in Hieroglyphic. The
only numbers in the 1000s recorded in Linear A are: 1000 *551 (KH
*1.2), 1060 (HT 102.5, probably GRA), 2000 (MA 9,
commodity not extant), and 3000 *402VAS (HT 31.6).

a: Since 061
functions as a terminal (see Notes to Sign 061), the signgroup is better
read retrograde. If 032 were 031 the signgroup would resemble
031-021-061 (#050.d, #059, #149, #197; cf. #063). Sign 080 occurs only in this signgroup; it resembles an
abstract 013 (cf. its appearance on #120 [chart
CHIC p. 391]). If the signgroup was *
032-013-061, then compare 079-032-013
(#057.b)

Since the pierced end of the bar is not
preserved, sides a/c are arbitrarily labeled.

a: The signs ought to be
read starting with sign 042 since it is
apparently always an initial (see Notes to Sign 042). I also interpret
066 as a mark that isolates sign 042; see note
to #059.aB, and compare

><
042-066-016-062 >< (#305.a)

* >< 012-016-062-018 ><
(#271.1)

This reasoning leads me to suggest two alternative
readings, of which I prefer the second:

*175 *077 *175

b1: Since 061 is apparently always a terminal, this signgroup,
too, needs to be read retrograde. The pattern  042--061 recurs
in the important signgroup 042-054-061 (#037.a, #050.a,
#058.a, #062.cB & dB, #293.g, #303.b); see Notes to
Signgroups X. For the possibility of another 042-062, see
#013.g1.

b2: CHIC: trace of a sign after 890; JGY: this might
be compatible with *036SA2.

a: see Notes to Sign 016:
038-011-016 may comprise a separate signgroup and be a variant of
016-038-011; Transaction Terms suggests that * may in fact be **072-049. Alternatively, compare X X 016-038-007-051 (#038.a-b) - it seems as if the
first sign there has become the last sign here, as if the first and last
signs were reversed; this might happen if all three signs in question
( 016, *072, and 051) were phonetically similar,
as indeed they seem to be.

Although the signgroup is hapax
legomenon here, sign 055 is adjacent a Rv
syllabogram in two other signgroups (see Notes to Sign 055). It is
tempting, therefore to read this signgroup retrograde; cf. X >< X 070-056-057-011 (#185). On
tablets #119.r1 and #120.vB the signgroup 050-057-056 recurs, but it
is probably a signgroup unique to these documents.

Malia Document Sets, II: Palace 1
a:
For the signgroup,
009-056, see Notes to Sign 009 and Notes to Signgroups XVI, which suggest
that 009 is an initial and that the signgroup
009-056 is separate.
The placement of the signs on the document argues for separating them
thus: 009-056 *032. Sign 032 was
written so boldly it could actually be
031.

b: CHIC: or *040 ?? JGY: logogram *168 is a hapax
legomenon here. Its placement on side b is on the other side of 009-056; consequently, the
alternative reading 040 is attractive. The
number is written as a straight stroke.

aB: The signgroup is a hapax legomenon. Sign
035 is rare, occuring only three times in
Hieroglyphic (]
]-013-035 [#105.aB]; ] ]035-053-034 >? [#115.a];
and 042-056-035 [#119.li]); it may be a terminal.

The number 210: CHIC: first hundred is over an erasure;
210 forms a graphic unit and to identify here sign 073 twice seems
difficult. JGY: The hundreds are circles, the ten a dot; the entire number
210 is spread over both lines.

b: CHIC: traces in the break:
30[ ? JGY: the signgroup has the phonetic value of
SA2-RU[, probably a variant spelling of SA-RO
(see Notes to Signgroups II), probably a toponymn, probably near or at
Malia.

Since
the pierced end of the bar is not preserved, sides a/c are arbitrarily
labeled.

a & b: for the repeated signgroup 042-049-016-016-077, see
Notes to Sign 016.

a1: CHIC: the second 016 is over 056. JGY: the first sign after the break is
probably 077; since
042 is always an initial, the long signgroup should be divided thus: ] , to resemble line b;
see Notes to Sign 042.

a2: since 061 is
always a terminal, the signgroup should be divided thus:
057-070 and 005-019
(see Notes to Sign 061). For signgroup 057-070-061, see Transaction
Terms. The signgroup
005-019 is hapax legomenon, but it may recur in #079.a.

b:
CHIC: probable accident after the second 077. JGY: probably not -- the
second 077 was written deliberately small to
accommodate another mark, perhaps 10; see Notes to Sign
042.

c1: as duplicated in #113.a, signgroup ] * ]002-061
can be restored as *]* 047-002-061.

c2: logogram *170 is hapax
legomenon, but I conjecture that it is similar to 074-075 on #053.c2: a circle
enscribing a collected number, a group number. Here, the circle seems to
enscribe a tally mark (cf. KN #063.d), perhaps in this case the number
10, which would supply the extra ten implied by the total
]20 on MA
#113.b2.

CommentsTransaction Documents; Malia
Document Sets, II: Palace 1
See the pierced end of the bar is not
preserved, sides a/c are arbitrarily labeled.a1: CHIC: 047 or
073 ?a2 & b3: the two signgroups [ 049-048[ and ] ]¥-056-077 appear together on the incised stone
libation table,
056-077-049-038-029 on #328.
b1: CHIC: the two illegible signs are
perhaps 023-013. JGY: CHIC's suggestion is good, and
parallels (see Notes to Sign 013) suggest separating 050-070 as a
transaction signgroup.
b2 & d1: the two signgroups beginning with 057 should be transaction terms: see Transaction
Terms, and Notes to Sign 042 and Notes to Signgroups XIII.
b3. the
sign before 056 is
016; the tips of the horns are visible.
b4. signgroup 073-090 is hapax
legomenon.
cA: for the signgroup 012-050, cf. X X 013-050 *004
(#264.a). The signgroup fills the entire width of the bar, after
which the face is divided into two registers.
cA1: for the signgroup
[ 042-049-016-016[, compare
] ]077-042-049-016-016-056-077
(#112.b); see Notes to Sign 042.
cB: CHIC: empty space after 013 over
an erasure. JGY: the signgroup ] ]040-013 may recur as 019-040-013 (#194), and/or
it may recall * 050-070-013-063-038 (#112.c).d2: the
signgroup can be restored as (#112.d2); see Notes to Sign
008.

CommentsMalia
Document Sets, II: Palace
1Since the pierced end of the bar is not preserved, sides a/c are
arbitrarily labeled.
b: the signgroup corresponds to * 050-070-013 (#112.c2-3); see Notes
to Sign 013.
c: CHIC: perhaps ]057-023[ (cf. the
following face), but perhaps an initial X between the two
signs.
d: CHIC: perhaps ]-040-057-023[, but
]-030-057-023[ is not entirely impossible. JGY: after
the surviving signgroup ]*[ there should be ;
see #112.d1 and #113.d1. Also see Transaction Terms, and Notes to Sign
042 and Notes to Signgroups XIII.

Document #113 may record the
original assessment (20), or a complex arrival of at least two
commodities in quantities of 10 and 20; document #112 seems
to deal with just the 10, which KN #059 (and MA #108) record as
actually 11. Document #114 may deal in some way with the remaining
commodities.

The signgroup *047-002-061 on both
documents is also otherwise unattested. The Linear A equivalent VIR+KA
occurs several times: HT 28a.4, HT 88a.1, and HT 97a.1; KH Wc 2029-2032,
and 2106; and KN Zb <53>.

The second part of #113 (faces c & d), and
presummably the comparable section of at least #112.b & d, contains a
different type of text: only signgroups and no numbers.

In the
Linear A documents signgroup VIR+KA occurs with KI-KI-NA (HT 88.1 & .2)
and with seal impessions made by a lentoid (or disk) carrying two
antithetic goat heads (CMS V Suppl. 1A, no. 158) on KH Wc 2029-2031 and
2106; VIR+KA occurs at Khania with other seal impressions, and the seal
with two goat heads stamped roundels incised with other inscriptions
(mostly vessel types) - the pairing of the word and the motif is not
exclusive. Nonetheless, the occurrence of VIR+KA with signgroups
containing the rare doubling KI-KI and with seal impressions containing
two goat heads, as in the Hieroglyphic signgroup 042-049-016-016-077, seems
hardly fortuitous.

An interesting comparison is with Linear A
document
HT 85 whose heading contains A-DU *638 VIR. Side A contains a list of
names with numbers adding to a total KU-RO 66. Side B begins with
the word KI-KI-RA-JA and then lists eleven names, each with a single unit
(is 11 a coincidence? see the related Hieroglyphic document
#059).

Since the pierced end of the bar is not
preserved, sides a/c are arbitrarily labeled.

a: The signgroup is
hapax legomenon.

b: CHIC: Perhaps traces of an erasure. JGY:
For the signgroup, compare X X 060-013 (#059.bA1). This signgroup may also be one
where the medial is to be separated as logogram
*152, and 060 is part of a transaction term like
KO2-RO3 (#099a).

Since the pierced end of the bar is not
preserved, sides a/c are arbitrarily labeled.

Transaction
Document

a: CHIC: mark before sign 055, perhaps a separation bar.

a1: for the signgroup, cf. X * >< X 068
(#272.g).

a2: for the signgroup, compare X +[ ] 703 X 042-033-011
055+[ ] 703 (PE He 01.A-B). For the second sign to be 040, the hull needs to be read upside down to the
bullface 011; in most cases, however, the boat
sign is rightside up to other naturalistic signs.
c: CHIC: traces of an
erasure.

CommentsMalia Document Sets, II: Palace 1
r2:
Appendix XVII.A suggests that sign 013 is
logogram *152.
l. i.: For the signgroup, Inflection Sequence 6.
Placed on the end of the bar, this signgroup should be the primary
heading.
v: Notes to Sign 068 suggest that
068 is a terminal, and, if so, the signgroup should be read retrograde;
and Notes to Signgroups XVI suggests separating 009-056.

CommentsMalia Document Sets, II: Palace
1
Transaction Document
r.A, v.A: Appendix XVII.A & F suggests that
013 is probably logogram *152 BOS.
r.A:
CHIC: 049 and 013 are possibly over an erasure. JGY: CHIC's normalization
of [ 050[ implies that it is the logogram *176[,
but since it occurs after a separation line, it should start another
signgroup, perhaps [ 050[-057-056 (see v.B).
r.B: CHIC: 038-031-025
100[ equally possible. JGY: compare 038-031-010-061 (#270.g) and ** ><
019-039-038-031 >< (#303.g), which suggest that
either *[
025-073[ could start a signgroup or stand for 100 *025 100. For signgroup
038-031-025, Linear A provides AU-RE-TE.
v.A-B: The separation bar
between v.A-B and v.A & v.B implies a signgroup and/or logogram that
precedes 300; since the number could be higher by several hundreds
more but not by tens or units, it should be denoted ] 300.
Perhaps the commodity being recorded here is
*016, especially if BOS is modified by
the signgroup on both lines v.A & probably r.A, and if 025 is associated with the number
100.
v.A: See Inflection Sequence 5a1.
v.B: The signgroup
is a hapax legomenon.